1989–90 Iraqi National League

The 1989–90 Iraqi National Clubs First Division League was the 16th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. The name of the league was changed from Iraqi Pan-National Clubs League back to Iraqi National Clubs League and it was organised by the Iraq Football Association (IFA). Al-Tayaran (now known as Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya) achieved their second Premier League title, having previously won the inaugural title in the 1974–75 season.^[1][2]

Iraqi National League

Season	1989–90
Champions	Al-Tayaran (2nd title)
Asian Club Championship	Al-Rasheed
Arab Club Champions Cup	Al-Zawraa
Top goalscorer	Majeed Abdul-Ridha Karim Saddam (13 goals each)
← 1988–89 (Iraqi Pan-National League) 1990–91 →

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Tayaran (C)	26	17	8	1	41	8	+33	42
2	Al-Rasheed	26	14	10	2	44	16	+28	38	1990–91 Asian Club Championship[a]
3	Al-Shorta	26	15	6	5	32	14	+18	36
4	Al-Zawraa	26	12	10	4	32	17	+15	34	1990 Arab Club Champions Cup[b]
5	Al-Naft	26	12	9	5	24	16	+8	33
6	Al-Talaba	26	12	7	7	32	19	+13	31
7	Al-Jaish	26	9	10	7	22	23	−1	28
8	Al-Najaf	26	8	8	10	29	31	−2	24
9	Al-Sinaa	26	6	9	11	23	30	−7	21
10	Al-Shabab	26	5	9	12	28	39	−11	19
11	Al-Bahri	26	5	9	12	18	35	−17	19
12	Al-Sulaikh	26	4	9	13	18	34	−16	17
13	Samarra	26	4	6	16	17	39	−22	14
14	Erbil	26	2	4	20	11	50	−39	8

Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Although Al-Tayaran were league champions, the IFA decided to admit league runners-up Al-Rasheed into the Asian Club Championship. Al-Karkh took Al-Rasheed's place in the top division after Al-Rasheed were dissolved on 18 August 1990.
2. Al-Zawraa qualified for the Arab Club Champions Cup by winning the Iraq FA Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	BAH	JSH	NFT	NJF	RSH	SHB	SHR	SIN	SUL	TLB	TAY	ZWR	ERB	SMR
Al-Bahri		0–1	0–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–3	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2
Al-Jaish	1–1		0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1[a]	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0
Al-Naft	1–1	0–0		0–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–0
Al-Najaf	1–1	4–1	0–0		2–2	3–2	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	4–1	4–1
Al-Rasheed	6–1	2–0	0–1	3–0		3–3	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0
Al-Shabab	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–2		0–3	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–3	1–1	4–0	4–0
Al-Shorta	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0		3–1	2–0	1–3	0–1	0–2	6–0	0–0
Al-Sinaa	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–1		1–1	2–2	1–4	0–1	2–0	0–1
Al-Sulaikh	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–1	1–1		0–2	0–2	0–0	3–1	0–0
Al-Talaba	0–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	3–2		0–0	1–2	2–1	1–0
Al-Tayaran	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–0		2–3	3–0	2–0
Al-Zawraa	3–0	2–2	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–0		2–0	2–0
Erbil	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–4	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2		1–1
Samarra	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–1	0–3	0–1	1–2	2–3	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0

Source: Ali Al-Sabti Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. The original Al-Jaish–Al-Talaba match was abandoned at half-time with the score at 0–0 due to attendance exceeding capacity.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Pos	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Majeed Abdul-Ridha	13	Al-Shabab
	Karim Saddam		Al-Zawraa
3	Natiq Hashim	12	Al-Tayaran
4	Hussein Saeed	10	Al-Talaba

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Iraq Stars League hat-tricks

Player[1]	For	Against	Result	Date
Ahmed Radhi	Al-Rasheed	Al-Bahri	6–1	24 November 1989
Jafar Omran	Al-Naft	Samarra	3–1	18 January 1990